Middletown transcript., 1887-04-14
: Mr., john F. stephens, of near war

- Mr.. John F. Stephens, of near War
wick, is quite ill with pleurisy.
: The wheat across the line is looking
we'll. Mr.. John Piser of Warwick, on one
of the church farms, has beautiful field,
An egg with the letter " E " emboss-
ed thereon (for Easter) is claimed by the
Press to have been laid by an Oxford hen.
!; MIR. W.T.. johnson of Smyrna has con-
tracted with the Edison Electric Lig bit
r Company to put him in plant at Mil
ford, Del.
Mr.. Nathaniel Williams is standing
, the effects of his injury very we'll. Has as
much comfort as could be expected under
the circumstances and is cheerful withal.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Mr.. George N. Bright of Della
ware City, to Miss Abbie B. Sutton of st.
Georges, at the Presbyterian church in st.
Georges, on Wednesday evening, April
Goth, at s o'clock.
= List of unclaimed letters at the Post
Office, Middletown, Del, for the week
ending April 7th, 1887: MI: Simmons,
Felix Perkins, Mrs. Mary Morris, Mrs.
Elizabeth Anderson, Miss Mollie Giles
pie. Persons calling for the above
letters will. please say they are advertised
The various shades ofgreen and brown
from apple green to deep bronzes, are IA
vorite colors in ladies hats and costumes.
Delicate flowers take the place of birds
and feathers on spring hats and bonnets.
They are made of all sorts of materials
velvets, plushes, changeable satins, Grape,
etc. The brilliancy of some is increased
by metal and glass powderings.
"A service in memory of the late |
Right Rev. Alfred, Lee D. D., Bishop of |
Delaware, will be held in st. Anne's |
Church next Sunday afternoon at 4 |
O'Clock. The Rev, ]. Beers will preach a
sermon suitable to the occasion. The |
public are cordially invited to attend. N.
B.-As the Bishops funeral will be on
Friday, (to-morrow,) at O'Clock there
will be no service in st. Anne's Chapel.
= The Maryland and Delaware Ship
Canal Company has been reorganized
with A. H. Packer as President. Chief
Engineer Sweet, Director Wilson and
Mr.. Morris of the dredging firm of Morris,
Cummings &,Co. of New York, have been
in Middletown the past week. They are
making careful survey of the whole
route. We hope to be able to give
fuller account next week.
- Miss Mcdonald, from Illinois, will
address the young people of the town in
Forest Church, next Tuesday evening at
7.3O. Her subject will be temperance and
the meeting will be under the auspices of
the Y. W. G. T. u. There will be a pri-
vate parlor meeting at Mrs. w. 81. Moore's
on Tuesday afternoon. While not regu-
lar temperance lecturer Miss Mcdonald
gives informal talks similar to that given
by Mrs Barnes in Forest church, about a
year and half ago, and which was SO
pleasing to all who heard her.
- Capt. W. G. Eliason has been elected
president of the Tolchester Steamboat
Com pany. Capt. Eliason has been identi-
fed with Tolchester ever since it became
summer resort. He is young man full
Of energy, and wide-awake to all manner
Of progressive enterprise. Under his
COLCHESTER will fully main
tain its own as popular Baltimore
pleasure ground. Under the new
it is said there will be no
Sunday excursions this season. Jonathan
Pennell has been elected yice-president,
Benjamin Belts treasurer and J. N Nau-
iain secretary. Transcript.
- AS Mr.. Willard Biggs was driving
from Middletown to Odessa on Wednes-
lay evening, the clip bolt dropped out
md let the pole down on the horses heels
causing them to run away. Miss Lille
Naudain, who was in company with Mr.. !
Biggs, jumped from the carriage when the !
accident first occurred and escaped with '
spralned ankle. Will, after trying to
top his horses and getting i'll the wheel,
concluded he had better get out and let
he frightened animals have their own q
way. They ran through Odessa to Il
Boyd's Corner, out TO Mt. Pleasant and SO G.
o Middletown where they we're stopped. g
They LETT the wagon, which was some IL
What broken, far behind. al